This Is A Huge Advantage For Newcastle

Alan Pardew had a complete squad to choose from last Saturday, and as we said at the time, it’s very rare that any Premier League side has a full complement of players available for any game.

Faye Downey – Newcastle Fitness Director Yes – she looks fit enough Of course it helps that we are not in Europe this season, where the extra games can stress a squad, which they certainly did to Newcastle last season, when we just were completely unable to handle two games a week.

And we always thought the appointment of Faye Downey as Fitness Director was a great move by the club, after all of last season’s injuries, and her knowledge, ability and experience seem to be paying off for Newcastle.

And it seems that Alan Pardew will again be spoiled for choice on Saturday against West Brom, which is the late Premier League game, and being televised live around the world on TV.

Something must be going right at Newcastle, when you have players like Steven Taylor, Jonas Gutierrez, Vurnon Anita, Ben Arfa and Papiss Cisse are not in the starting line-up at the moment.

Not being in Europe gives us some advantages of course, because sometimes the top clubs will be playing in Europe the Wednesday before the Newcastle game, and that will and has helped us this season.

And if this run of form is not just a flash in the pan, and we manage to qualify for Europe sometime soon, like this season or next season, we just must learn from our mistakes of last term, and ensure the squad is big enough and good enough to play in Europe.

But at least at the moment things are going well for Newcastle, and certainly we don’t have nearly the number of injuries we had last season.

That should help us against West Brom on Saturday, and another win in that game would be unbelievable.

Been reading last few posts… Nothing on last night’s game? Did you miss it Ed? Anyways, two TOP goals from Shane Long, one of them would have been candidate for goal of the season if it hadn’t been for that Fulham dude. WBA are a pretty decent outfit, but, as A Villa proved, they can capitulate when harried and put under pressure. When the AV coach put in 3 substitutes (all top players) in one go, it was bold and it worked. Our coaches and players need to watch that game. it showed the best and worst of WBA.

Who cares who might leave in summer?! Players come and go but I care about the club and how the team are playing now. I can’t believe that some fans are so miserable that, when things are going well, they instead start to speculate on potential negative things that might happen!

Let’s see what happens this season and then we can look at the summer.

And for the neggers…the only players we have sold that we didn’t necessarily want to were Carroll, Enrique and Ba.

We must not pair Willo-Colo for WBA, because they will be outpaced for sure. One or the other it must be. Mbiwa, Santon, Debi have the necessary pace.

Who are WBA really dangerous players?

1. The REAL Amalfitano. Santon must be at his best with him. Perhaps Dummett would be more close to him. 2. Mulumbu: Big and strong, dominated MF. Will be too much for Cabs, Sissoko to ‘bully’ him? 3. Long: see his goals. Sessegnon: missed a sitter, will be fired up to make amends. I predict he will score, if you are a betting man.

cyprus @3 I’d be surprised if we did not have somebody there last night making notes maybe even JFK as he seems to be scouting these days. And like I said earlier I’m sure Steve Clarke didn’t tell his team to sit back in the second half – this is what makes football so exciting and unpredictable.

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My latest bone scans and CAT scans were completed on Wednesday of this week and yesterday I met with my oncologist Dr. Dhruva to look over the results.

The stage four cancer remains stabilized and has not spread any further over the last six months.

I was diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer in early 2017 after being in remission for six years.

The cancer metastasized through the bones to different parts of the body and the treatment I am undergoing is hormone treatment.

There is no cure for stage 4 cancer but there are treatments (like Hormone treatment) that attempt to prolong life.

I am upbeat with the results and remain in awe of the doctors and nurses at the Rex Cancer Center here in Raleigh.

It's truly humbling to see how inspiring they are with their patients.

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